Reinstatement (CME Audit)

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​​What happens if you miss the April 30, 2018 CME audit deadline? You are eligible for CME Reinstatement if you submit documentation and pay the $150 CME audit reinstatement fee by August 1, 2018. Otherwise, your credential(s) will be permanently revoked and:

• You will no longer be a registered ARDMS sonography professional; • You cannot represent yourself as an ARDMS Registrant with regard to ARDMS credential(s), including any misstatement of fact about being ARDMS certified in any specialty, to current or future employers or others; • You will no longer be included in any listing of ARDMS Registrants, and your name will be listed as “no longer certified” on the ARDMS website; • You can no longer display your ARDMS credential(s) and certificate(s); and • You will not receive any of the standard ARDMS privileges and benefits.​

Please note: As part of CME Reinstatement you must send copies of 40 ARDMS-accepted CMEs if your original requirement was 30 CMEs or 80 ARDMS-accepted CMEs if your original requirement was 60 CMEs.The CMEs must be earned within your three-year CME period and by the August 1, 2018 deadline. For example, if you completed your first credential in 2014, you must show documentation for 40 (or 80) ARDMS-accepted CMEs completed between January 1, 2015 and July 31, 2018 (or the date you earned your first credential and July 31, 2018). View ARDMS.org/ CME to make sure you have the correct type of CMEs for your credential(s). ​

Procedure for Reinstatement

​1. Submit copies of the required number of CMEs earned within your three-year CME period and by the August 1, 2018 deadline. You must send 40 ARDMS-accepted CMEs if your original requirement was 30 CMEs or 80 ARDMS-accepted CMEs if your original requirement was 60 CMEs. CME documentation (certificates) must include the following information.

Affix the proper postage so your documentation and payment are received by the August 1, 2018 deadline. If you send your documentation using certified mail, you will receive a delivery receipt.

Reinstatement Determination and Appeals

​Reinstatement documentation received after the August 1, 2018 deadline will be automatically denied. ARDMS will notify you by means of postal mail regarding the determination of your reinstatement. Reinstatement determinations will not be released by means of phone, fax or email.

If you are notified of audit failure and believe an error occurred in ARDMS’s recording of your CMEs, please notify us in writing including proof of your claim. You must submit the letter and documentation within 10 business days of receipt of official audit failure notification to: